DOPT HAS DECIDED TO CHANGE THE NOMENCLATURE OF LDC & UDC OF
CENTRAL SECRETARIAT OFFICES. BUT NOTHING IS HEARD IN RESPECT OF CHANGE
OF NOMENCLATURE/MERGER OF LDCS AND UDCS OF SUBORDINATE OFFICES. IT IS TO
BE NOTED THAT IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THE FINALIZATION OF 6TH PAY COMMISSION
REPORT, GOVERNMENT HAD UPGRADED THE PAY SCALE OF THE ASSISTANT IN
CENTRAL SECRETARIAT FROM RS. 5500-9000 TO 6500-10500 THAT PAVED THEM TO
GET AN EDGE OVER THE PAY OF THE ASSISTANTS OF SUBORDINATE OFFICES.
LIKEWISE IT MAY BE A MOVE TO GIVE MORE BENEFITS TO THE LDC & UDCS OF
CENTRAL SECRETARIAT IN 7TH CPC.

IT IS TO BE NOTED THAT THIS ASSOCIATION HAS CONTINUOUSLY RAISING THE
MERGER AND UPGRADATION OF GRADE PAY LDC & UDC. THE CASE WAS SENT TO
JCA SECTION WITH RECOMMENDATION BY THE DOPT BUT THE JCA RETURNED THE
SAME TO DOPT WITH A REMARK THAT “THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE OF ANOMALY AND NO SUCH ITEM WAS BEFORE THE NATIONAL ANOMALY COMMITTEE”
AND SUGGESTED THAT ESTABLISHMENT II MAY PROCESS THE CASES WITH THE CASE
OF LDC & UDCS OF CENTRAL SECRETARIAT IN CONSULTATION WITH THE
MINISTRY OF FINANCE. BUT DOPT HAS RETURNED THE CASE TO THIS ASSOCIATION
WITH A DIRECTIVE TO TAKE UP THE SAME WITH MINISTRY OF FINANCE DIRECTLY.

IT IS WORTH TO MENTION HERE THAT JCA HAD RETURNED THE CASE
WITH A PLEA THAT THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE OF ANOMALY AND NO SUCH ITEM WAS
BEFORE THE NATIONAL ANOMALY COMMITTEE. WHEREAS ON 9TH JUNE WHEN THE LAST
MEETING OF THE NATIONAL ANOMALY COMMITTEE HELD, ITEM NO. 4
–”UPGRADATION OF PAY BAND AND GRADE PAY OF LDCS AND UDCS” WAS DISCUSSED.
WHEN THERE WAS NO ITEM WAS PENDING WITH THE JCA, THEN HOW THIS ITEM
SURFACED IN THE ANOMALY COMMITTEE MEETING. SIMILARLY THE
CONCERNED OFFICER IN DOPT HAD ORALY INFORMED ME THAT THE CASE OF LDC
& UDC WAS RETURNED BECAUSE HIS SECTION IS DEALING THE CASES OF LDC
& UDC OF CENTRAL SECRETARIAT ONLY AND THE LDC & UDC OF CENTRAL
SECRETARIAT HAD NOT DEMANDED THEIR PAY UP-GRADATION.

THE STATE OF LDCS POSTED IN SUBORDINATE OFFICES HAD DISCUSSED IN THIS
WEBSITE SEVERAL TIMES. THEY ARE ALLOCATED WITH WORK WORTH TO BE
ALLOCATED TO UDC/ASSISTANT AND IN MOST OF THE CASES OFFICERS ARE TAKING
DECISION ON THE FILE PUT UP BY THE LDCS WHERE AS IN CENTRAL SECRETARIAT
SUCH FILES INITIATES BY UDC/ASSISTANT LEVEL. THUS IT IS HIGH TIME THE
GOVERNMENT SHOULD TAKE A DECISION ON THE UPGRADATION OF GRADE PAY AND
NOMENCLATURE OF LDC & UDCS WORKING IN THE SUBORDINATE OFFICES BEFORE
THE FINALIZATION OF PAY COMMISSION REPORT.

Srinagar:
Jammu and Kashmir government today announced a six per cent hike in the
Dearness Allowance (DA) of its employees with effect from January this
year.

The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed here.
Announcing
the cabinet decisions at a press conference here, Education Minister
Nayeem Akhtar said “we announce a hike in DA from 107 to 113 from
January this year.”

“This is in fact for the first
time that the government employees are getting DA without resorting to
agitation,” Akhtar, who was also flanked by Finance Minister Haseeb
Drabu, said.

He said it was a practice here that the DA was not released till there was an agitation.

“Today
as part of its duty, the government had taken a decision, which also
belies the rumours about money not coming (from centre) and also gives
out a message that the system is getting streamlined in the state,” he
said.

Drabu said the idea behind the decision was to keep pace with the centre announcing DA for its employees.
“We
have announced DA from January 15 to July 15 (and will be paid to the
employees) through Provident Fund route, post that it will in cash,
thereby we are moving to a system whereby the nearest amount will be
given in cash,” he said.

He said the large part will be in cash.

“In
respect of employees who are at the new pension scheme, the
installments will be in cash. Financial implications is about Rs 285
crores for the year. Of that Rs 240 crore is salary and the rest is
pension. We have made provision for that in the Budget.

“The
idea is to build system. In the last three-four months, we have got a
lot of liabilities at various levels and we are trying to work out a
system wherein there will be a transparency and finance will not be a
constraint for development activities,” the finance minister said.